• The subject is an entrepreneurial approach to economic development.
• This is a very old list (since the early ‘90s) and many people have been on it a long time.  But the number of new participants is growing almost geometrically.  A lot of us know each other but the quality of the new people joining is exciting.
• The list has nearly 500 people now although the number of countries has dropped down to 14.  Most participants are from the US, Australia and Canada.

• Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington NC
• MBA student at William and Mary College, Williamsburg VA
• An attorney in Los Angles
• North Mississippi Regional Planning District
• City of Effingham, IL
• City of Burlington, VT
• Business Valuations and Strategies, Harrisburg PA
• Business Incubator Center, Grand Junction CO
• Renaissance Computing Institute, Economic Development, Chapel Hill NC
• El Pomar Foundation, Colorado Springs CO
• Homechoice, UK
• University of Washington Bothell
• Cimarron Capital
• University of Wyoming, Laramie WY
• Enterprise Waitakere, Waitakere, NZ
• The Schallert Group, Sorrento FL
• Racine County EDC, Sturtevant WI
• Institute for Open Economic Networks, Cleveland Midtown Innovation Center, Cleveland OH
• DFA, Inc., Dunwoody GA
• Southern Good Faith Fund, Little Rock AR
• Impact Foundation, Bismarck ND
• Office of Community Development, Sate of Louisiana, Baton Rouge LA
• McData
• Washington State University, Olympia WA
• CTL/Thompson, Centennial CO
• Gallatin Development Corp, Bozeman MT
• Olde Town Arvada, Arvada CO
• Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology, Denver CO
• Forsyth County Public Library, Winston-Salem NC
• Elizabeth Workforce Center, Elizabeth CO
• University of Northern Iowa, Waterloo IA
• City of Chico, CA
• Center for Economic Development, Chico State University, Chico CA
• Town of Superior, CO
• Economic Development Department, El Paso TX
• Arkansas Small Business Development Center, Little Rock AR
• Shel Horowitz, Ethical Marketing Expert
• Smith-Craine Finance, San Francisco CA
• Loveland Center for Business Development, Loveland CO
• Claggett Wolfe Associates, Auburn CA
• Beaudesert Shire Council, Queensland, Australia
• Weld County Library District, Greeley CO
• Tri County ED District, Colville WA
• Career Transitions Program, Oklahoma City Community College
• City of Tacoma WA
• Broome County Planning and ED, Binghamton NY
• Fairfield Chamber, Fairfield IA
• Greater Madison Chamber, Madison WI
• Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs IA
• City of Commerce City CO
• University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha NB
• Burlington County Dept of ED, Mount Holly NJ
• Boise State University, Boise ID
• Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta GA
• Chesterfield County Planning, Chesterfield VA
• City of Lakewood CO
• Pendleton Farmers Market, Pendleton OR
• Manistee Economic Council and Chamber Alliance, Manistee MI
• Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH
• Northwest Cooperative Dev Center, Olympia WA
• Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Durant OK
• Illinois DCEO, Marion IL
• Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispel MT
• ED Div, Pierce County WA
• Montana Virtual Education Consultancy, Belgrade MT
• RRC Associates, Boulder CO
• Michigan State University
• City of Fort Collins CO
• Asia Program Director, International Development Exchange (IDEX) San Francisco CA
• Jefferson Local Development Corporation, Jefferson County MT
• Midland, MI
• Sierra Business Council, CA
• Jeffersonville, IN
• Portland, OR
• Chpartnership
• Quitman, GA
• Centurytel
• University of Southern Indiana
• Grand Rapids, MN
• Western Illinois University
• Carlton, VIC
• The People Connection
• Loveland, CO
• Front Range of Colorado……
• Tacoma, WA
• Empire State Development, Albany NY
• Ellsworth County, KS
• SBDC in Waterloo, IA
• Chris Allen Associates
• Denver University
• Boulder Chamber of Commerce
• Vernon, CT
• Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development
• Wildhorse Resort, Pendleton OR
• Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, The Dalles OR
• American Enterprise Institute, Wash DC
• The Montgomery Institute, Meridian MS
• Oregon Microenterprise Network, Portland OR
• Rural Leadership Network, Armidale Australia
• Pueblo County CO
• Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Springfield OR
• City of Denver CO
• Eagle Theater Corp
• Kiamichi Technology Center, McAlester OK
• City of Littlefield TX
• City of Evart MI
• Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce AL
• City of Griffin GA
• Sonoma County, Santa Rosa CA
• Minneapolis, MN
• US EPA Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation
• United Way S.E. Mich/Nonprofit Finance Fund, Detroit MI
• Fresno Business Council, Fresno CA
• SBDC Montana Community Development Corp
• Fort Collins Public Library, Fort Collins CO
• Montana Board of Research and Commercialization Technology, Dept of Commerce, Helena MT
• Agenda for Children
• Montana West Economic Development, Kalispell MT
• Colorado State Extension/Dept of Local Affairs, Pueblo CO
• Mayors Office Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fairbanks AK
• The San Joaquin Valley Black Chamber of Commerce.

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